According to the sources, these medicines are not unavailable since 2017.
Many Delhi government hospitals and clinics are running short of essential medicines like ibrufen and are forced to purchase them from outside, causing a loss to the government. Many essential drugs like amoxycillin (for bacterial infections), glibenclamide (antibiotic drug), ibrufen (painkiller), hydrochlorothiazide (to treat heart failure, kidney diseases) are not available in the hospitals, as stated by the department of health in its status report.
According to the sources, these medicines are not unavailable since 2017. The CM will take a review meeting of the availability of medicines at the hospital on Sunday. The list was submitted by the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) responsible for supplying the medicines and equipment to the hospitals and clinics.
"These essential drugs are still not available in many hospitals and they are forced to make their own purchases. As per the process, if a hospital is purchasing any medicine from itself at a higher rate, the CPA must meet the difference and pay back the amount to the government. But no such payment is made back to the government," said a senior Delhi government official.
Shortage of medicines at Aam Aadmi Mohalla clinics has also irked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After receiving complaints from patients about the shortage of medicines from the hospitals and clinics, Kejriwal has directed all the Chief District Medical Officers (CDMO) to coordinate with the medical superintendents to ensure there is no shortage of medicines in any hospital.
Recently, Kejriwal had pulled up the officials from the department of health and Public Works Department (PWD) for non-availability of some medicines at a Mohalla clinic in Kondli and several tests not being conducted at the clinic. He also pulled up the public works department (PWD) officials over the non-functioning of the air condition and problem in the main door of the clinic.
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